Bitcoin Price Top Forecast: Bitcoin is the king, altcoins lag behind

Geopolitical uncertainty feeds the demand for the first cryptocurrency.

The technical picture implies that the growth may continue.

Bitcoin bulls are back from summer holidays. The first digital currency regained some ground lost during the previous week and came close to critical resistance $11,000. On Friday, the coin resumed the upside after tow days of consolidation in a tight range, while its market share jumped to $71.0, which is the highest level since March 2017. Notably, the total capitalization of all digital assets in circulation retreated to $270 billion from $272 billion a week ago. It confirms the idea that altcoin’s season is nowhere to be seen as of yet.

What’s going on in the market

Bitcoin’s recovery if often attributed to its safe-haven features. Geopolitical uncertainty and dire and macroeconomic conditions in certain countries drive the demand for “digital gold” higher as investors are unhappy with the dynamic of traditional assets and have to look for alternatives.

At the beginning of the week, Argentina established capital controls to stop the money outflow from the country. Investors took it as a signal to buy Bitcoin fiercely As a result, BTC traded with $300 premium on Argentinian cryptocurrency platforms, while the price on p2p platform LocalBitcoins was $1000 higher than an average BTC exchange rate.

Argentina might have served as an initial trigger for BTC rally, though it is not a single geopolitical reason behind the rally. Thus, Brexit developments make traders and investors nervous also. Many UK and EU companies access potential financial damage in case of no-deal Brexit, while everyday people try to protect their savings in case of a British pound lash crash. It is worth noting, that GBP crashed to the lowest level since January 2017 and touched $1.20 against USD amid this never-ending Brexit torture.

Monero and Ethereum Classic are the best-performing altcoins on a week-on-week basis. Thus, XMR/UAD has gained over 16% in recent 7 days, while ETH/USD has grown by 11.5%. Ethereum Classic developers are getting ready for an Atlantis hardfork that is scheduled on September 13. The update is expected to improve stability and add new features to the network to meet the community needs.

Also, upcoming launch of institutional trading platform Bakkt is another potential reason for Bitcoin’s growth. The community believes that institutional demand will drive the price higher once investment funds and large asset managers get access to the physical Bitcoin futures market. Bakkt starts accepting deposits today, on September 6.

BTC/USD, 1D chart

On a daily chart, BTC/USD has been growing five days out of seven. The coin came close to $11,000 during European hours on Friday, having gained nearly 14% in recent seven days. Once this strong psychological and technical barrier is out of the way, the upside is likely to gain traction with the next focus on $12,395 (the highest level since August 8 ) and $13,000 strengthened by the upper line of weekly Bollinger Band.

Considering the upward-looking RSI on a daily chart, the bullish trend may gain traction within recent weeks, provided that the fundamental background remains supportive for the cryptocurrency market.

On the downside, the initial support is seen on approach to $10,400. It is created by SMA50 (Simple Moving Average) on a daily chart and followed by $10,400 (SMA100 and the middle line of Bollinger Bandon the same timeframe). Naturally, the critical barrier awaits us on approach to psychological $10,000. As long as the price stays above this barrier, Bitcoin is on recovery mode. However, once it is broken, the sell-off is likely to gain traction with the next focus on $9,400 (the lower line of 1-day Bollinger Band).

Vital support that comes at $9,000. This area has stopped the downside on several occasions since July. A sustainable move below this handle will worsen the technical picture and return the long-term bears to the market.

The Forecast Poll of experts improved slightly since the previous week. While the short-term expectations are bearish, the mid-term and long0term forecasts are positive as the majority of forecasts imply that the price may settle above $10,000 and move towards $11,000.

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Editors’ Picks

Bitcoin is trading between the Simple Moving Averages support and resistance. The 100 SMA on the four-hour chart is offering support at $10,149 while on the upside the 50 SMA will limit movement at $10,364.

Speaking in the interview with CNN, Garlinghouse confessed that Ripple was the largest owner of XRP tokens, and thus the most interested party in the success of the project. Meanwhile, selling XRP onto the market does not qualify as the best success strategy.

The cryptocurrency market situation has barely changed in recent 24 hours. Bitcoin and the majority of altcoins out of top-20 managed to recover during late Thursday hours; however, no major breakthroughs happened.

IOTA has defied the broad-based bear pressure to post a subtle 1.3% increase in value on the day. Prior to the impressive correction on Monday, IOTA was consolidating above the short-term support at $0.2350. The initial recovery from the recent low at $0.2268 failed to break the resistance $0.25.

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